Hame-tug



(No Model.)

B. M. WOOLLEY. HAME TUG.

No. 487,958. P a-tented Oct. 7, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

EDGAR M. WOOLLEY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HAME-TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,958, dated October '7, 1890.

Application filed June 21, 1890- Serial No. 356,288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR M. WOOLLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame-Tu gs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction of hame-tugs, whereby the several parts are made separately, so that they are interchangeable and maybe readily attached to or detach ed from each other. Thus should any of the parts become worn or injured they may readily be replaced.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are indicated bysimilar referenceletters wherever they occur throughout the various views,Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hams-tug embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken through line a: w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of my draft-bar. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the strap and buckle which connects the trace to the tug. Figs. 5 and 6 are inside face elevations of the inner and outer parts forming the leather portion of the tug.

The leather casing, which covers and con ceals the draft-bar A, and the shank of the tug B are made of double straps. (Shown in Figs. 5 and 6.) The outer straps C and D are cut to the form shownby the outlines in Figs. 5 and 6, while the interior straps O and D are notched or out out from the forward end back to c. The pieces D D'are cut narrower from the point d to the rear end, forming a tongue or tenon, which enters the box-loop G.

In constructingthe leather casin g the pieces D D are secured together by the inner rows of stitching d, after which they are placed loosely together, the united straps, Fig. 5, placed upon them, and the parts stitched together around near the edges, leaving the opening in the forward end for the insertion of draftbar and tug-eye shanks and leaving the tongue (1 Fig. 5, loose from the parts, Fig. 6.

The draft-bar A, Fig. 3, is preferably made of a single piece of metal, consisting of the neck a and the two arms or forks a. The forward end of the neck has flanges d to em-' brace the opposite edges of one of the shanks of the tug-eye B. The neck is perforated to pass the shank of the screw H, which passes through a perforation in the strap D, a perforation in one shank of the tug-eye, the perforation in the neck a, and is tapped into the inner shank of the tug-eye.

The tug-eye is hinged at b, so that the shanks may be separated for the purpose of connecting it to the draft-eye of the hame. I prefer to use the hinged tug-eye as a means to detachably connect the tug and hame, because it is more convenient than if the tugeye and its shanks were made in' one piece; but it is not my invention.

The trace-buckle I, which may be of any approved form, has a short strap J, Fig. 4,secured to it in the usual manner-that is, by passing the tongue of the buckle through a slot in the center, folding the opposite ends down upon each other, and stitching the ends together.

The straps, Figs. 5 and 6, being secured together, the draft-bar is pushed in from the forward end, one prong or arm entering the pocket in the inner and the other in the outer strap. The box-loop is first slipped to place,

its end resting against the shoulder d, the

buckle-strap pushed in place over the projecting end of that arm of the draft-bar which extends beyond the tongue d The rivet or screw Kis then passed through the buckle-strap, both arms of the draft-bar, and the double strap 0 C, and fastened, thus securing the parts together. It will thus be seen that should the tug-eye or buckle-strap (which are the parts liable to wear out) need.

replacing it can readily be done, as the parts are made to standard sizes and sold sepa-.

rately.

What I claim is= 1. In a hame-tug, the combinationof the outer casing composed of the double straps secured together, the draftbar A, having neck a for attachment to the shanks of the tug-eye and arms co to pass between the outer and the inner straps of the casing, the tug-eye having shanks to pass upon each side of the draft-bar neck and detachably secured thereto, the box-loop passed between the double straps, the buckle-loop, and rivet for securing the parts together, substantially as shown and described.

2. In heme-tugs, the draft-bar A, having ICO neck a and arms a, in combination with the tug-eye having shanks to pass upon each side of the neck a of the draft-bar and the screw H to detachably secure the tug-eye to the 5 draft-bar, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination, as hereinbefore set forth, of the double straps C O D D, united together, forming the leather casing, said 10 straps C D being recessed or slotted at their forward ends, the straps D D having, when united, the loose tongue (1 the draft-bar A, having neck a and arms a and flanges a the neck and arms being perforated for the reception of fastening-screws, the tug-eye B, having shanks to pass upon each side of the neck portion of the draft-bar, and the fastenings H and K for securing the parts together.

EDGAR M. WOOLLEY. W'itnesses:

GEO. J. MURRAY, FRANK S. DAVIS. 

